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From one victim to another, Happy Birthday

By Grant Welker, gwelker@lowellsun.com

Updated:
04/24/2013 08:14:19 AM EDT

Jeff Bauman, 27, of Chelmsford, who lost his legs in the marathon bombings, hands a present to Sydney Corcoran, of Lowell, as she celebrates her 18th birthday at Boston Medical Center on Tuesday. Sydney suffered severe wounds to her legs in the blasts. Looking on, with her back to the camera, is Sydney s mother, Celeste Corcoran, who lost both legs below the knees. FACEBOOK PHOTO

BOSTON -- Lowell High School senior Sydney Corcoran, confined to a hospital bed as she recovers from severe leg wounds suffered in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings, still celebrated her 18th birthday as best she could Tuesday at Boston Medical Center.

Chelmsford resident Jeff Bauman, who had to have most of both legs amputated after the bombings, offered Corcoran a birthday gift, as family members gathered around them. Corcoran's mother, Celeste, sat on the adjacent bed. She lost both her legs below the knees.

Bauman, 27, and Sydney Corcoran became two of the most iconic images after the bombings. Bauman was photographed being wheeled away from the scene, with Red Cross volunteer Carlos Arredondo of Boston holding the artery of his right leg. Corcoran was shown on her back on a Boylston Street sidewalk receiving aid from people who had applied a tourniquet to her right leg, including Matthew Smith, a 35-year-old from Dorchester.

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